What if… this was a dream, would you want to wake up
"Wake up." There was a hand on Alex's shoulder shaking him.
"Ghmkm," was all that came from Alex, before he turned away from the hand and away from Kato.
A chuckling sound was heard and than the hand was back on Alex's shoulder. "Aleeeeeex, wake up."
"Se pet minut. (Five minutes more)." Alex tried to shrink away from the touch.
"Wake up, sleepy head, waaaakeeee up." Kato sat down on the bed.
"No." Alex covered himself over the head with his blanket.
"Yes." Kato tried to pry the blanket out from Alex's fingers.
"No."
"Yes." Kato managed to pull the blanket away from Alex.
"No." Alex rolled himself into a ball and pouted, his eyes blinking sluggishly under the weak rays of morning sun.
"You are so sweet." Kato's fingers combed through Alex's hair then it was moved away from Alex's neck and something wet touched the exposed skin.
"Ugh." Alex's upper body shot up, he was in the moment completely awake. What was that? He turned and narrowed his eyes at Kato.
"You taste sweet too," Kato smirked and licked his lips. "And crunchy, like a cookie. Amai kukki. Taihen ameppoi. (Sweet cookie, very sweetish.)." He nodded to himself. "Ame (sweet)."
Alex grabbed the blanket and wrapped it around himself like an armour, his eyes two saucers. "What's wrong with you?"
"It was just a little lick." Kato's expression was a pure innocence.
"Kato, you can't go around and lick people like that." Not that he mind it so much, it was Kato after all… damn, Kato just licked him.
"Why not?"
"Firstly, it is not really hygienic and secondly it's weird." Was Kato sitting a little nearer that he had been before? Alex shifted a little farther away.
"Are you saying that I shouldn't lick people of general or that I shouldn't lick you?
Alex stared at Kato, the way the sleeveless shirt clasped tightly to the man's torso. You can lick me anytime you want, babe or maybe I could even lick you.
"Alex?"
"What?" Damn, he has to get his mind out of the gutter.
"I asked if I shouldn't lick people or just you." Kato inched closer.
"Uhhh." Alex moved a little away from Kato. If he says just me, it would actually be a lie, but to say people in general… "Both."
"Are you sure?" Kato inched closer again.
Alex tried to move away, but on his luck the bed was only so wide and not nearly wide enough for him to resumed the same distance between them. He ended up on his ass on the floor, with his legs still on the bed. "Ugh."
"Are you alright?" Kato was there in a second, pulling Alex up by his wrists.
"Yeah, yeah." Alex was now on the bed; Kato was still holding him by his hands and their knees touched. He wished that Kato would just stop putting him into awkward situations like this and he was sick of Kato's playing with him, maybe next time he shouldn't back away and see what Kato would do then.
"Ok, then." Kato thumb stroked Alex's palm for a moment. "Now that you are all frisky like that, go and change into something comfortable, we are going to have morning exercise."
Alex's gaze was glued on their hands, not that he saw them clearly, his glasses were still on the nightstand. Stop thinking about it, he probably doesn't mean anything by it; it was probably the same as with his flirting, just a subconscious thing. He pulled his hands out from Kato's grip. "I don't want to."
"You should." Kato poked him into his stomach. "You are getting fat."
"And whose fault is that?" Alex stood up from the bed. He went toward his closet and opened it. It wasn't enough that Kato nagged him about smoking, he had to stumble over his weight too. He patted his belly, which had slightly outlined six-packs not three months ago, but not anymore.
"Yours. You are always eating chocolate or having a snack." Kato sat on the edge of the bed and crossed his arms.
"It helps me in omitting cigarettes." Alex faced Kato. "The ones you are so opposed to, I have cut the number of them because of your nagging."
"You should stop smoking completely and stop using chocolate as a substitute for the cigarettes." Kato stood up. "You have five minutes to change."
According to the contract he didn't have to do anything that was not related to tasks listed in it, but would Kato even listen? Should he even try? Alex sighed. And not to mention they signed the deal yesterday and already Kato was changing their settled schedule. "Do I really have to?"
"Yes."
Xxx
Alex knew that this was a bad idea, but he didn't know that this was going to be this bad. He went down with his hand and discretely rearranged his little friend who was, to his mortification, doing the salute thing. He was glad that he was wearing boxer briefs, even though they were at this moment really uncomfortable and he couldn't move a lot because of his situation, but at least they prevented the tent from appearing in his baggy sweatpants. He lifted his gaze up and immediately regretted his action.
Kato was sitting on the low bench, bare-chested, lifting the weight with his arm. The play of the muscles was seen under his damp skin, which glistered in rays of morning sun that found their way through the high small windows.
Damn him, does he have to look magnificent like that? With trouble he tore his gaze away and looked over to Siva, who just winked at him, smirking all-knowingly.
Alex flipped him the bird.
Siva's grin became even bigger; he went with his hand through the black mess that were his short hair and then he poked his tongue at Alex.
Alex, of course, reciprocated because he was so immature like that, and they started with poking a war. Poke, poke, poke and Alex also added flipping of the bird. Take that bastard.
"Alex! What are you doing?"
Alex winced and turned toward the owner of the voice. "Nothing."
"Nothing, it doesn't seem like nothing," Kato said.
"I was just showing Siva my tongue."
"Stop flashing it around," Kato said. "And you too, Siva."
"We were just goofing around." Siva went down from the treadmill-machine and went toward Alex.
Kato narrowed his eyes at Siva, who after he reached Alex, sat down on the bench beside Alex and clasped his arm around him, pulling him on his side. "Cause we are such pals, aren't we, Alex?"
Alex grunted something, even though if he thought about it they really did became pals or friends, or tomodachi as they were called in Japanese. He uncomfortably shifted in his spot, but not because of Siva's arm around him, but because somebody down there was still doing semi-salutes.
Kato closed the distance between them, a look of annoyance on his face.
Siva's hand sneaked down Alex's back, he pinched his ass, hard.
"What the hell?" Alex jumped up, the hair in his low ponytail flying; almost bumping into Kato and loosing his footing. After Kato's hand on his arm steadied him, he rubbed the sore spot, his eyes promising revenge to Siva.
"It helped, did it?" A lazy smile appeared on Siva's face.
Alex's focus was transferred down. It did, it really did, well… for now anyway. The frown between his eyebrows was smoothed away and a grateful smile was bestowed on Siva.
"Helped? What helped?" Kato gaze was travelling between them, his fingers wrapped around Alex's arm possessively.
"Nothing." Alex quickly answered and tried to wiggle his way out of Kato's hold. "Could you let go of me? I would like to go up now and shower."
"I'm going up, too." Kato said, he released Alex and went toward the bench on which he was sitting moments ago, where his simple long sleeved shirt was, which he picked up and pulled on his torso.
Alex was already waiting patiently for him at the exit of the gym. He thought that Siva would join them, but he just waved goodbye to them with his ever-present grin on his face, and went over to the weights.
So, they went together toward the elevators and two minutes later one of them opened its door. They went in and Kato used his key.
Alex, now that Aika was gone, had his own key that allowed him to go as he pleased., Not that he had used it already, but on his first free day - there was one free day on a week mentioned in his contract - and as soon as Kato's schedule allowed him absence, he'd cash it in. But for now…
"Alex."
"Hmmm?" Alex lifted his gaze that was until then admiring the elevator's floor. Kato was in his personal bubble again; he took a deep breath, this time he's not going to back off.
Kato brown eyes were embracing his in an intensive hold; he stepped forward, so that now their toes almost touched. "You and Siva…"
Alex was determent not to step back.
"…if there's something going on between you two, I want you to stop it."
Alex blinked. "What?"
"If there's something going on between you two I want you to stop it."
Had Kato just said that he shouldn't hang out with Siva? He had…hadn't he?
So that's how it was, he was just an employer and as such he shouldn't associate with the members of the band or form a friendly relationship with them. Kato's talk about how he prefers informal relations over the formal ones was just empty shit, as was his friendly attitude… It seemed that now that a contract was signed he was about to be set in his place.
He didn't see this coming and he wouldn't have thought… Bastard. He stepped back. "Ok, boss."
"I told you not to call me that." Kato narrowed his lips.
"Yes and you also told me that you and your staff are one big happy family and now you are telling me that I shouldn't be friends with Siva." Alex crossed his arms and looked away from Kato and he found that the tip of his shoes could be quite fascinating.
"Alex." Kato put his hand on Alex's shoulder.
How could his sneakers be such a dirty white colour when he only used them twice and when the silver on the shoes was still shining as new? Really fascinating.
"Alex!" Kato's hand was under his chin forcing him to look up.
"Yes, boss?"
"Kato, Alex." Kato's hand slipped around, he cupped Alex's neck. "I'm not saying that you can't be friends with Siva."
He wasn't… than what was he trying to say? And why did it feel like Kato was towering over him, when in fact they were almost the same height, not that he would back down because of that feeling; nope, not this time. "It sounded like that to me."
"I was making a point," Kato leaned forward; his breath was hot on Alex's ear. " that you are mine." He drew backwards, facing Alex and captured Alex's face between his palms.
Alex breath hitched and he stood there rooted to his spot. What? There were a thousand thoughts playing a rollercoaster in his head and none of them made any sense. He would shake his head in bewilderment if Kato wasn't holding it gently but firmly.
Kato bent, their noses touched and their lips were so close that is seemed like they were kissing through the air caress alone.
Alex's eyes closed and his arms dropped by his side. He closed that little distance, titled his head so that he didn't bump his glasses into Kato, and pressed his lips on Kato's, on those plum looking lips that were even softer than they looked. He was about to dart out with his tongue, when it hit him. Oh, my god, he shouldn't be kissing his employer.
And then the next moment his mind shut down, because there was movement of fingertips in his hair and an additional tongue in his mouth, exploring him, tasting him, seducing him. A sweet torture that made his knees weak and his hands looking for support; they snuck up on Kato's upper arms and grabbed the folds of fabric.
The need for air broke the kiss and their chests moved with their inhales of air; they were gazing at each other, big blue eyes looking into smirking brown.
Alex was the first who broke the contact, he looked down and then to where his fingers were still holding Kato's arms, he let them fall down by his sides. They already reached their destination, the twelfth floor, at least that was what the blinking display above the sliding door said. He wiggled his way out of Kato's hold and went toward the door.
"Alex." Kato's fingers on his wrist stopped him.
Alex turned, his checks blushed and his lips red and swollen. "We are here."
Kato gazed at the display and soft smile graced his features. "So we are." He fingers slipped down over Alex's wrist, palm and embraced Alex's fingers. He pushed the opening of the door button and went out on the hallway toward the apartment, pulling Alex with him.
Alex stumbled behind Kato into the apartment. It seemed that today was a very weird day, full of surprise and it was still morning.
As soon as the apartment door were closed, their shoes off and Alex's glasses removed, Alex was pressed against the wall and the slick, skilled tongue was in his mouth again, and all thoughts evaporated out of his head, except maybe… Oh, god. Oh, god. Oh, god.
Kato's palms were sliding up and down his sides and he moved his hips forward, slid his groin against Alex's.
Alex moaned into Kato's mouth; he wrapped his arms around Kato's neck and threw himself into the dance of tongues… With reckless abandon, cause damn it, this was Kato, Kato; his walking, breathing wet dream, well actually he was probably almost everybody's walking, breathing wet dream.
And god, he was kissing him and pressing him against the wall.
They ended the kiss and Kato's hand slid behind Alex, over his back, the small of his back and under his waistband, cupping his ass cheek.
And touching him, so deliciously. Alex hooked his leg around Kato's waist and protruded out with his pelvis, rubbing himself so pleasantly. The shivers of delight shook his body.
Kato's teeth were now nibbling softly on the long muscle on Alex's neck.
Alex's arched his head back, he leaned on the wall behind him, giving more access to Kato and he lifted his other leg to hook it around Kato's waist.
Kato with all of his weight leaned on Alex's. "I don't think I can hold us up."
They clumsily slide down on the floor.
"It seems that I can't." Kato lay between Alex's bent legs, he chuckled. "I told you, you are getting fat."
Alex's pouted and decided that getting up was a good choice, but it was really hard to when he was half laying, half sitting, leaning on the wall, with the additional weight on him.
"Not that this is bad." Kato's hand sneaked between them, he patted Alex's belly and then slide on the side and then up. He hooked his hand on Alex's neck and pulled him into a kiss. Into a hot, luscious kiss and hooked Alex's leg around his waist, rubbing himself against Alex.
There was this saying, if you can't beat them, join them, and that's exactly what Alex did, with enthusiasm of course. He hooked his other leg around Kato's waist, too, and he reciprocated every time Kato's body moved, every slide of that hot tongue and every relishing caress of that hand. Damn that man, he was like a scrumptious chocolate cake that you couldn't stop eating, like an addictive drug that you just couldn't stop taking, even though you knew how bad it was for you.
Kato's hand somehow found its way into Alex's pants, under his underwear, his fingers cupping Alex's erection, he squeezed.
A soft cry was heard and Alex arched his body. He ended their series of kisses and he rubbed his cheeks against Kato's and then captured Kato's ear between his lips, he gave it a few gentle nibbles, while his pelvis was pushing his erection against Kato's hand, he was trying to get as much friction as possible.
"Want more?" Kato's breath caressed Alex's skin and he gave Alex a few experimental pulls with his fist.
"Fuck you." It sounded more like a long moan than everything else. Of course he wanted more. Bastard. His free hand travelled between them and he roughly seized Kato's erection through the fabric.
Kato breath hitched. He leaned with his forehead on Alex's and then his fist started pumping. "But I would much rather fuck you."
Alex stared back into those intensive brown eyes, he entangled his fingers into that short red hair, with a shallow, fast breath, his other hand went under Kato's pants - somebody went commando - and he wrapped his fingers around Kato's erection, returning the favour, even though Kato didn't really deserve it, not with the way he teased him.
The shallow, fast breaths become even shallower and faster, the soft moans filling the silence, while theirs eyes held each others in an embrace, while their working hands lifted them up to a heaven filled with white sparks and curly toes and Alex was almost there, almost there and finally he was there. His body shook and the hot shivers reached every dark, remote part of his body, but his eyes stayed open and his hand still working slightly clumsily on Kato's reaching of havens.
Kato followed a minute later, he fell with all of his weight on Alex until the shakes of the body ceased and he transported part of his weight on his elbows. He smiled down on Alex. "That was something."
Yeah it was. Alex blushed and looked away.
"Is somebody getting shy on me?"
Alex wanted to reply with something witty, there was definitely something witty on his mind, when the entrance door half opened and the edge of it hit them.
Siva popped his head in. "Damn it you two, what are you doing on the floor?" His eyes travelled over the swollen lips, blushed faces, saw the weird position in which they were and Alex's hand that was still in Kato's pants; he rolled his eyes. "Never mind, I don't want to know. Just move, so I can get it."